Summerville, SC (January 21, 2025) – Summerville Medical Center is excited to welcome Frank Holcomb as the

hospital’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). His first day was Monday, January 20.

Holcomb most recently served as the Vice President of Operations at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami, FL),

where he demonstrated exceptional operational leadership and strategic vision. Prior to that role, he was the

Assistant Administrator at HCA Healthcare’s Chippenham Hospital (Richmond, VA) and Quality Improvement

Manager at UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, FL).

“Summerville Medical Center has a strong track record of providing extraordinary care to our community for more

than 30 years and is poised to continue that legacy in 2025, “said Stephen Chandler, Chief Executive Officer. “It is

essential that we build the right leadership team to guide us forward. Frank’s participation in the HCA Healthcare

Executive Development Program, combined with his achievements at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, positions him

well to join Summerville Medical Center at an exciting time of extensive growth and development.”

“I am thrilled to join the exceptional team at Summerville Medical Center,” commented Holcomb. “With its 30-year

legacy of serving families in the Dorchester and Berkeley communities, I look forward to building on our strengths

in emergency care, surgical services, and comprehensive medical specialties. Together, we’ll continue to elevate the

standard of healthcare in the Lowcountry, focusing on innovation, compassionate care, and community

engagement.”

Over the past decade, the hospital has invested more than $250 million in expanding the hospital, opening new

facilities, and elevating its services to meet the growing needs of the Lowcountry community, including:

• Significant investment in growing Summerville Medical Center’s campus, including:

• Completion of a $67 million Inpatient Tower that increased the hospital’s licensed bed count by 40% to 174 licensed private beds.
• Opening of a Level III Neonatal ICU (NICU).
• In 2023 completed a $10.5 million surgical expansion for a total of 9 operating rooms and expanded Ambulatory Care and Post-Anesthesia Care units.
• Investment in five minimally invasive robotic surgical systems and one spine robotic surgical system.
• In 2021 completed a $24 million emergency department expansion, including a dedicated pediatric emergency department.
• In 2019 completed a $61 million women’s, neonatal and surgical services expansion.

• Adding new access points around our community:

• In 2022 opened a third location for OB/GYN practice Summerville Women’s Care – Brighton Park near Nexton.
• In 2021 opened the Summerville Breast Center to provide comprehensive mammography and breast services.
• In 2020 opened Brighton Park Emergency, a freestanding emergency department near Nexton.

Holcomb earned his Master’s degree in Health Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Science from the

University of Florida. He is joined by his wife, Kate, in moving to the Summerville area.

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Summerville Medical Center is a 174-bed, acute-care hospital serving families in Dorchester County, Berkeley

County and surrounding communities for more than 30 years. The hospital has a 24-hour emergency room,

including a dedicated ER for children, and a wide range of surgical services and comprehensive medical services.

Summerville Medical Center is recognized for its emergency, women’s and children’s, cardiac, imaging, orthopedic

and stroke services. Surgical services includes gynecological, orthopedic, spine, reflux, breast, robotic and weight

loss procedures. Summerville Medical Center is part of Trident Health, which has earned recognition as a leader in

the delivery of healthcare in the Lowcountry. For the second consecutive year, Healthgrades named Summerville

and Trident Medical Center’s as America’s 250 Best HospitalsTM, which places them among the top 5% of the

nearly 4,500 hospitals Healthgrades reviewed for 30 quality indicators. Learn more at www.SummervilleMed.com.

For almost 50 years staff and physicians at Trident Health have provided acute healthcare services to families in

South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Services are provided through its two hospitals, Trident Medical Center and

Summerville Medical Center; three freestanding emergency departments, Brighton Park Emergency, Moncks

Corner Medical Center, and Centre Pointe Emergency; and two urgent care centers, CareNow Urgent Care Goose

Creek and CareNow Urgent Care North Charleston. Both hospitals have received the top ranking as Joint

Commission Top Hospitals for Quality Performance and are Joint Commission Certified for Advanced Heart

Failure and Advanced Primary Stroke Centers. Trident Health is one of the South Carolina Lowcountry’s largest

employers with more than 3,100 employees and has a medical staff of nearly 600 physicians. In 2022 it provided

$50 million in uncompensated care and paid $41.8 million in local, state and federal taxes. To learn more about

how Trident Health is growing to meet the needs of our growing region and how to join our team go to

www.tridenthealthsystem.com.